Vocabulary List #3

Question 0

Bezold effect

Answer 0

The effect of colors on one another. Changing one single color alters the entire design

Question 1

Abstraction

Answer 1

An image derived from visual reality, but is distilled or transformed

Question 2

Containment

Answer 2

To unify by placing elements within a frame, boundary or container

Question 3

Content

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The emotional and /or intellectual meaning or message of an artwork

Question 4

Continuity

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To unify through the fluid movement from one element to another; this can be either implied or actual connections

Question 5

Dynamic brush strokes

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Brushstrokes which preserve the distinctness of separate marks

Question 6

Emphasis by placement

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Attention is gained by placement within the design, determined by location and proximity to the center and edges

Question 7

Emphasis with color

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Using color to draw attention to a crucial area in a composition

Question 8

Formalism

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A set of ideas, reaching prominence in the 20th century, founded on the philosophy that what was universal to all artworks were formal elements such as color, composition, and shape

Question 9

Frieze

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Any painted or sculpted band that encircles an object or building

Question 10

Geometric abstraction

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Abstraction involving forms (usually with hard edges) derived directly or indirectly from geometry or mathematics.

Question 11

Illuminated manuscripts

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A luxurious handmade book with painted illustrations and decorations containing silver or gold leaf

Question 12

Luminosity

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The condition of light when a glow seems to be generated from within an object or surface, in contrast to a non-luminous surface, which appears lit from an outside source.

Question 13

Non-objective shape

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Pure forms without direct reference to the physical, visual reality

Question 14

Organic abstraction

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A looser style of abstraction involving personal expression of the artist’s sensibility and exploration of visual form.

Question 15

Perspective

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A mathematic system of representing 3-dimensional space on to a 2-dimensional surface using angles

Question 16

Pictograph

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A picture that represents an idea, also writing using such means

Question 17

Proximity

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To unify by placing visual element near one another

Question 18

Radial symmetry

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A composition in which all elements are balanced around and radiate from a central point

Question 19

Rhythm

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Multiple modular units presented in a deliberate pattern

Question 20

Texture

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Either Actual or Implied pattern that suggests a surface quality

Question 21

Viewpoint

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The real or imaginary position including the distance, angle, and height of the artist’s view in relationship to the subject matter